Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Overview
- Installation
- Basic Software Operation
- Viewing Your System in the Explorer
- Customizing the Window Display
- Adding a Remote Console Switch (Dell or Avocent)
- Accessing Your Remote Console Switch
- Launching the VNC or RDP Viewer
- Changing Server and Switch Properties
- Changing Server and Switch Options
- Organizing Your System
- Customizing the Explorer Window
- Managing Your Local Databases
- Using the Viewer
- Accessing Servers from the RCS Software
- Interacting With the Server Being Viewed
- Viewer Window Features
- Adjusting the Viewer
- Adjusting the Viewer Resolution
- Adjusting the Video Quality
- Minimizing Remote Video Session Discoloration
- Improving Screen Background Color Display
- Setting Mouse Scaling
- Minimizing Mouse Trailing
- Improving Mouse Performance
- Reducing Mouse Cursor Flickering
- Viewing Multiple Servers Using the Scan Mode
- Scanning Your Servers
- Thumbnail View Status Indicators
- Navigating the Thumbnail Viewer
- Using Macros to Send Keystrokes to the Server
- Session Options - General Tab
- Screen Capturing
- Session Sharing Options
- Virtual Media
- Appendix A: Updating RCS Software
- Appendix B: Keyboard and Mouse
- Appendix C: TCP Ports
- Appendix D: Technical Support
- Bookmarks
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and icons for maximum flexibility and convenience. Using names that are
meaningful to you makes it easy to quickly find any system unit.
Extensive Remote Console Switch Management
The RCS software allows you to add and manage multiple switches in one
system. Once a new switch is installed, you can configure switch parameters,
control and preempt user video sessions, and execute numerous control
functions, such as rebooting and upgrading your switch. The RCS software is
designed to be compatible with the Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant Event
Viewer, allowing system administrators to consolidate system event reports. You
can enable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps, configure
target devices, and manage user databases.
You can use the software to manage the following Dell switches:
• 4322DS
• 2162DS
• 1082DS
• 2161DS
• 2321DS
• 4161DS
• 2161DS-2
• 1081AD
• 2161AD
NOTE: For Dell 1081AD and 2161AD switches, the Dell Remote Access Key
(RAK) is required for the switches to be added/managed through the RCS.
Authentication and Authorization
The RCS software allows permissions for multiple Remote Console Switches to
be managed through a single interface rather than individually on each Remote
Console Switch. For increased security and efficiency, the Lightweight Directory